VANDANA KHANDELWAL*, BALDEV RAJ KAMBOJ, PAWAN KUMAR AND RAJESH ARYA
Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
Department of Genetics and Plant breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail: vandana.bhankhar@gmail.com)
(Received: 20 September 2024; Accepted: 29 September 2024)

SUMMARY

The investigation entitled “Response of Garden cress [Lepidium sativum (L.)] to different row spacing and sources of nutrients” was conducted at the Medicinal, Aromatic and Potential Crop Section (MAP) Research Area of the Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding at CCS Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar, India, during the rabi seasons of 2022-23 and 2023-24. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications, comprising of three row spacing levels viz. 40cm x 10cm (S₁), 30cm x 10cm (S₂) and 20cm x 10cm (S₃) in main plots and seven nutrient management levels viz. control i.e. no fertilizer (N₁), NPK @ 80:40:40 kg ha^-1 (100%)(N₂), 50% N through inorganic fertilizer + 50% N through FYM (N₃), 50% N through inorganic fertilizer + 50% N through Vermicompost (N₄), 50% N through inorganic fertilizer + 25% N through FYM + 25% N through Vermicompost (N₅), 100% N through FYM (N₆) and 100% N through Vermicompost (N₇) in sub-plots. Based on two years pooled mean, it was concluded that the nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (NPK) content in seed and stover of garden cress crop was not influenced by row spacing levels in both the years. Application of different nutrient management levels gave significant results in respect to nitrogen and potassium content in both seed and straw, but the results were non-significant in case of phosphorous content in stover. Different nutrient management levels also significantly affect nutrient uptake in seed as well as in straw. Maximum uptake was observed with the treatment N₅ (application of 50% N through inorganic fertilizer + 25% N through FYM + 25% N through Vermicompost) followed by N₂ (NPK @ 80:40:40 kg ha^-1). The NPK uptake was more in 2023-24 than 2022-23 in both seed as well as in stover. The uptake of NPK in seed and stover was found significantly highest with spacing of 30 cm x10 cm. The data on total uptake of NPK followed the same trend as observed in their uptake in seed and stover.

Key words: Garden cress, row spacing, nutrient management, NPK content and uptake

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